I finally finished this Rainbow Irish Chain quilt. I took a photo of Melissa Corry's quilt at her trunk show at the retreat I attended in January 2015. I totally fell in love with it and decided I had to make one of my own. She described how she had … [Continue reading] about Rainbow Irish Chain quilt
Wild Goose Chase 2017 This challenge is hosted by The Bookshelf Gargoyle and I joined to further my wish to do more category challenges this year. I got it done in the first half of the year by reading a book from each category. I list in … [Continue reading] about Wild Goose Chase Reading Challenge 2017 wrap-up
Remember that quilt retreat I attended in January of 2016? Well, I'm still finishing up projects from that and this is one of them. I wanted to learn wool applique techniques so I took this class using the "Faded Blooms" pattern from Quail Valley … [Continue reading] about Faded Blooms wool tabletopper
Full House Reading Challenge 2017 I had so much fun with this last year that I decided to go again in 2017. Thanks to Book Date for hosting. Complete the card and you are allowed one free exchange for something you really don't like. Read in any … [Continue reading] about Full House Reading Challenge 2017 completed
The Square Dance quilt is a modern log cabin variation by Nora Conant, found in the Aug/Sept 2013 issue of QUILT magazine on page 17. The pattern makes a quilt 75" square with the blocks set 5x5, but I wanted a smaller quilt. I made it 60" … [Continue reading] about Square Dance quilt